Investing in Women along Agribusiness Value Chains
In the coming years, the agribusiness sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, and, in many ways, an increasingly challenging context. The sector will face increased demand for agricultural products, a decline in the availability of arable land, ef...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/355831511503089525/Investing-in-women-along-agribusiness-value-chains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28980 |
| Summary: | In the coming years, the agribusiness
sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, and, in many ways,
an increasingly challenging context. The sector will face
increased demand for agricultural products, a decline in the
availability of arable land, effects of climate change, a
pivot from global to regional value chains, technical
advances, and a decline in the traditional labor force.
Navigating these complex trends will mean seizing new ways
to increase the productivity and efficiency of agribusiness
value chains. One promising way to contribute to both goals
is to apply gender-smart solutions. This report calls on the
private sector to invest in closing gaps between men and
women in agribusiness. It focuses on four different stages
of a simplified value chain: (1) input provision and use;
(2) production; (3) post-harvest processing and storage; and
(4) transportation, marketing, and sales. At each value
chain stage the report helps companies to identify potential
benefits from closing gender gaps by reviewing women’s
contributions and constraints within each stage, outlining
gender-smart solutions for the private sector, demonstrating
the business rationale for making gender-smart investments,
and presenting best practice case studies. |
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